DECORATIVE DWARFS 87 



Picta, pink, 



Robert Milner, bright yellow. 

 Sylvia Slade, bright purple lake 

 (white zone). 



Snowflake, white. 



White Edith Pagram, white. 



Kathleen May, deep crimson. 



DWARF PLANTS FOR DECORATION 



During the past few seasons we have seen at the shows 

 some excellent examples of dwarf Chrysanthemums and 

 they have been much sought after and admired. Such 

 plants require very careful cultivation. 



In the first place suitable varieties must be chosen and 

 the stock plants well looked after during the winter and 

 spring months. 



In no case must the cuttings be propagated before 

 April, and propagation may be continued till the latter 

 end of May or early in June, the methods of striking 

 previously advised being again followed, but taking the 

 additional care to shade the cuttings during the hottest 

 part of the day, the sun at this season being pretty strong. 

 If rooted two or three in a thumb pot they may be potted 

 on just as they are, or if in boxes, they may be potted 

 either singly or two or three in a pot at the discretion 

 of the grower. Very small shifts must be given at potting, 

 transferring them from thumbs into 3-inch pots and finally 

 potting them into 5-inch and 6-inch pots. 



As soon as the cuttings have rooted the shoots must 

 be stopped, and the earlier rooted plants may have to 

 be pinched a second or even third time, but no pinching 

 should be practised after the third or last week in June. 

 The last plants should always be rooted or potted two 

 or three in a pot, as there will be only time to pinch them 



